Stranger and Stranger
Special security measures for locking up the Christchurch mosque gunman will cost taxpayers $3.6 million over two years, newly released documents reveal.
The cost averages just under $4932 per day - compared to the average cost of $302 per day for incarcerating a standard prisoner.
In September 2019, Cabinet agreed funding of $1.9m for the fiscal year 2019/20, and $1.66-million for the current fiscal year, for "increased security measures responding to the different needs and risks posed by the individual", newly released Cabinet documents show.
Australian national Brenton Tarrant is New Zealand's most notorious criminal. In March, he pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act, over attacks that took place in 2019 at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch. The case has garnered world attention.
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